diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
index f033bf39690f..00d08b25425f 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
@@ -4302,8 +4302,10 @@ static void ibmvfc_do_work(struct ibmvfc_host *vhost)
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(vhost->host->host_lock, flags);
 		rc = ibmvfc_reset_crq(vhost);
 		spin_lock_irqsave(vhost->host->host_lock, flags);
-		if (rc || (rc = ibmvfc_send_crq_init(vhost)) ||
-		    (rc = vio_enable_interrupts(to_vio_dev(vhost->dev)))) {
+		if (rc == H_CLOSED)
+			vio_enable_interrupts(to_vio_dev(vhost->dev));
+		else if (rc || (rc = ibmvfc_send_crq_init(vhost)) ||
+			 (rc = vio_enable_interrupts(to_vio_dev(vhost->dev)))) {
 			ibmvfc_link_down(vhost, IBMVFC_LINK_DEAD);
 			dev_err(vhost->dev, "Error after reset (rc=%d)\n", rc);
 		}